Farmers Giving Up Butter Production
CASINO. -- Butter production has been practically abandoned by farmers of Great Britain. THE Deputy General Secretary of the National…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1954
848 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 43
Butter, Bacon And Fergusons
Butter, bacon and Ferguson tractors. These are the main wares ordered by the Duck River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers Spend £100,000 A Month On Feed
Heavy feeding of purchased lucerne hay and protein continued during the month, local farmers spending in the vicinity of £100,000 a month to keep herds in milking condition,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Magnificent New Year Gift to Farmers
The rain which commenced on Saturday and continued throughout the week-end has been a magnificent new year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Officers Report on District Conditions
There is no pasture growth on hill country, and even on the flats pastures are green but producing no bulk of feed. Some lucerne and red clover paddocks are still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers New Supervisor
Mr. W. Reid has been appointed district supervisor of Junior Farmers clubs in the northern zone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Fined for Stealing Poultry
A farmer who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing poultry on December 19, and a duck on December 26 last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Market
There was a very small yarding of about 500 fat cattle at Maitland saleyards on Monday. The general quality…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Success in Pig Farming Depends on Sanitation in Feeding
It has been estimated that not more than 60 to 70 per cent, of pigs alive at birth actually reach market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Agronomist on M.n.c. Crop Conditions
The dry December weather held up preparation and sowing of much land for maize for grain and thus the area sown to date is much lower than that of last season. Some sowings have been made on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Stock Losses Light
In the recent drought, dairy stock losses were light and this was mainly due to heavy feeding of concentrates,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Co. Charged Trial Next Month
Wingham Rural Co-operative Society will stand trial for allegedly having stolen a quantity of butter fat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat Cattle Bring Excellent Price
At Kempsey Municipal Saleyards, on Wednesday, a yarding of 52 fat cattle brought excellent prices,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tractor Pins Farmer at Firefly
A farmer received a probable fracture to the right leg, chest injuries and shock, when a tractor crushed him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Agronomist Reports On December Crop Conditions
The dry December weather held up preparation and sowing of much land for maize for grain arid thus the area sown to date is much lower than that of last season, states the District…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Agronomist's Report New Year Rains Brought Much Relief to Farmers
The New Year brought a very welcome change in the weather for most of the Manning, Hastings and Macleay area, and in part the drought has been definitely broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greet Benefits From irrigation Of M.N.C. Farm
The benefits of planned irrigation of pasture and crops has been amply shown during the present drought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manning Farmers Treatment Of Seed Trials on the Manning during the past two seasons has shown that dusting White African Sorghum seed prior to planting with tetroc will largely eliminate the risk of a poor strike
Mr. J. M. Black's experience on Oxley Island demonstrates the value of seed treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortage of Farm Labourers
LISMORE. -- Four youths were given permission to defer their national service training when they appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pig Farmer Fined Unclean Premises
Henry Alexander Edward Diamond, who has been conducting a pig farm in rough forest country in an isolated area on the Crescent Head Road, about 8 miles from Kempsey, was before Kempsey Petty…
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